In this exerpt from Hornbeck, he tries to explain to Rachel that even thouugh he may appear to be cynical, he is on her side. He attempts to make Rachel see his side of things, while using a play on words. Hornbeck belives in modern ideas, such as evolution just like Bert Cates does. Hornbeck wants to portray the ideas of evolution to this town, therefore he will defend Bert.